Destiny 2: What The No Time To Explain Catalyst Does & How To Find It (2024)

The No Time To Explain pulse rifle is one of the more interesting weapons in Destiny 2. For many fans, it’s one of the top pulse rifles in the game. Between the fantastic damage and the time portal that acts as a autonomous gun turret, there’s a lot going for this weapon.

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Fans of this weapon should strongly consider getting the No Time To Explain Catalyst. It takes a bit of effort and there is some grinding involved, but it is ultimately worth it. Here’s everything players need to know about what the No Time To Explain Catalyst does and where to find it.

Updated on October 14, 2021 by Ben Baker: The No Time To Explain Destiny 2 weapon may not be the most powerful or effective, but it certainly is a load of fun. Players are split on whether the No Time To Explain Catalyst is worth it or not depending on how the weapon is used. Ultimately though it gives players options and does help with burst DPS. To illustrate this it seemed important to include details about how best to use the No Time To Explain Catalyst effect. There is also a list of the stats of the weapon after installing the No Time To Explain Catalyst into the weapon.

What It Does

The No Time To Explain Catalyst doesn’t enhance the gun directly, but it does provide the perk Blast From The Side which makes the time portal more potent. With this effect, projectiles will fire more frequently from the time portal created by Time-Slip

Time-Slip triggers whenever the player accumulates 10 stacks of Rewind Again, which is a result of precision shots and firing on slowed or frozen combatants. Time-Slip will open a small portal that causes a No Time To Explain weapon in an alternate timeline to fire autonomously on the opponent.

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With Blast From The Side, these projectiles will be fired at a quicker rate, which increases the amount of damage while the time portal is active. If the player can keep it open via precision hits, this can lead to a tremendous amount of damage.

Weapon Stats With The No Time To Explain Catalyst

• Impact – 33
• Range – 73
• Stability – 60
• Handling – 48
• Reload Speed – 64
• Rounds Per Minute – 340
• Magazine – 24
• Rewind Again – Precision shots and shots against enemies frozen or slowed down via Stasis will be returned to the magazine.
• Full Auto Trigger System – Holding the trigger will cause the weapon to fire on full auto.

How To Find It

Players receive the No Time To Explain Catalyst as a reward for successfully completing the Soon quest. They can get this quest from the Exo Stranger near the Beyond campsite on Europa. There are two main objectives that players must complete during the questline.

• Defeat enemies in the BrayTech Facility to obtain five Schematic Code Fragments.
• Defeat 60 Vex using No Time To Explain in Nexus, Infinitude, and The Glassway.

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Once these stages of the quest are complete, the player can return to the Exo Stranger and receive the No Time To Explain Catalyst.

Upgrading

The Catalyst can be further enhanced via an upgrade. Players can obtain this upgrade by defeating 700 enemies using the weapon No Time To Explain. It doesn’t matter who the enemies are or where they’re killed. Just eliminate 700 using the No Time To Explain weapon itself or the time portal.

Players can also obtain these kills retroactively. If the player has racked up any kills with the No Time To Explain weapon prior to obtaining the No Time To Explain Catalyst, they’ll count towards the 700. A great strategy is to use this weapon during the Soon quest.

Other Tips

As soon as the player gets the No Time To Explain weapon it’s highly recommended to roll right into obtaining the Catalyst. This is mainly out of convenience, as the player will be receiving the weapon from the Exo Stranger. It also gives the player time to get a feel for the weapon while completing the quest.

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When it comes time to grind out 700 kills, it’s a solid idea to find a farming spot. There are a variety of examples that work — one player found a new farming spot in the Cosmodrome. The No Time To Explain weapon is fantastic for carving waves of enemies in PVE content and works great in PVP as well. Those 700 kills shouldn’t take too long.

Advice On Using The No Time To Explain Catalyst

Generally speaking, the No Time To Explain with the Catalyst installed is more of a PVE weapon. It has strong enough stats to be viable in PVP, but that’s about it. Getting enough precision shots against other players makes Rewind Again a rare perk to trigger. The Time Portal also doesn’t come out to play often enough in a normal match to be of much help.

PVE is an entirely different story. It’s fairly easy to keep the Time Portal open almost all the time adding to overall DPS. It’s also possible to keep Rewind Again activated to ensure every precision shot is ammo free. For players with decent accuracy and the ability to avoid death, this means they won’t burn through ammo using this weapon, which can be great for certain runs and farming sessions.

Basically, the player wants to focus on precision shots and keeping enemies locked down via Stasis. The full-auto feature from the No Time To Explain Catalyst Effect should only be used against bosses or to keep hordes at bay. If done correctly there should be plenty of ammo for these moments.

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